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Gluey, a. Viscous, viscid. See glutinous.

Glum, a. Sullen, moody, sulky, morose, sour, crabbed, crusty, grum, glowering, frowning, spleeny, cross- grained.

Glume, n. Husk (of grain and grasses), hull, outer covering.

Glut, v. a.

    1. Cloy, satiate, sate, surfeit, pall.
    2. Gorge, stuff, cram, overfeed, fill full, fill to repletion.

Glut, n.

    1. Repletion.
    2. Superabundance, over-abundance, overplus, surplus, redundancy, superfluity, over-stock.

Glutinous, a. Gluey, viscous, viscid, sticky, gummy, adhesive, tenacious, clammy.

Glutton, n.

    1. Gormandizer, gourmand, gobbler, greedy-gut, voracious eater, excessive eater, belly-god, belly-slave.
    2. Wolverine (Gulo luscus).

Gluttonish, Gluttonous a. Voracious, given to excess in eating.

Gluttony, n. Voracity, excess in eating, worship of the palate, belly-worship.

Gnarl, Gnarr, v. n. Growl, snarl, murmur, grumble.

Gnarl, n. Protuberance, knot, contortion, snag, gnarled lump.

Gnarled, a. Knotty, knotted, twisted, contorted, gnarly, full of knots.

Gnarly, a. See gnarled.

Gnash, v. a. Strike together (the teeth), grind.

Gnat, n. Culex.

Gnaw, v. a.

    1. Bite, nibble, champ, nibble at, keep biting.
    2. Corrode, eat away, wear away, consume, erode.